Lyric You re Getting Old On Your Job (1930)
LJ: I ve often thought it over many times before, but now I see baby, you just won t do no more.
You re getting old on your job, ah, you re getting old on your job.
I know you can t last long, babe, you re getting old on your job.
CS: Now listen to this! [spoken words]
You don t do nothin like you used to do, but I know just what s wrong with you.
You re getting old on your job, you re getting old on your job.
You can t last long, you re getting old on your job.
LJ: Now listen here, mama! [spoken words]
You know I used to see you come and I would shout, but now you just as cold as a fire that s goin out.
You re getting old on the job, ah, you re getting old on the job.
I know you can t last long, you getting old on your job.
CS: Oohhhhhhh! [soprano voice]
Nobody else is as no good as you, you ain t no more use than a worn out shoe.
You re getting old on your job, you re getting old on your job.
You can t last long, you re getting old on your job.
LJ: Look here, mama! [spoken words]
I tried to make out but I see there s no use, tell me what good is a berry when you can t find no juice?
You re know you re old on the job, ah, mama, you re old on the job.
I know you can t last long, cause you old on the job.
CS: What about old, I m leaving you this evening! [soprano voice]
You got as much life as a “pollock stick”, even a pack of “no good” when it s “out of fix.”
You done got old on your job, you re too feeble on your job.
LJ/CS: We can t last long, we re getting old on the job.
You re getting old on your job, ah, you re getting old on your job.
I know you can t last long, babe, you re getting old on your job.
CS: Now listen to this! [spoken words]
You don t do nothin like you used to do, but I know just what s wrong with you.
You re getting old on your job, you re getting old on your job.
You can t last long, you re getting old on your job.
LJ: Now listen here, mama! [spoken words]
You know I used to see you come and I would shout, but now you just as cold as a fire that s goin out.
You re getting old on the job, ah, you re getting old on the job.
I know you can t last long, you getting old on your job.
CS: Oohhhhhhh! [soprano voice]
Nobody else is as no good as you, you ain t no more use than a worn out shoe.
You re getting old on your job, you re getting old on your job.
You can t last long, you re getting old on your job.
LJ: Look here, mama! [spoken words]
I tried to make out but I see there s no use, tell me what good is a berry when you can t find no juice?
You re know you re old on the job, ah, mama, you re old on the job.
I know you can t last long, cause you old on the job.
CS: What about old, I m leaving you this evening! [soprano voice]
You got as much life as a “pollock stick”, even a pack of “no good” when it s “out of fix.”
You done got old on your job, you re too feeble on your job.
LJ/CS: We can t last long, we re getting old on the job.
